United Nations
When was the United Nations founded?
1945
What happened on January 26th, 1938?
The Day of Mourning
What was held in Australia in 1967 to do with rights and freedoms?
Referendum
Who 'had a dream'?
Martin Luther King Jr.
What 'fraction' of African-American ancestory did Homer Plessy have?
one-eighth
What does UDHR stand for?
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
What name is given to indigenous people who were taken away from their families?
The Stolen Generations
What High Court decision in 1996 saw indigenous land rights extended to pastoral leases?
The Wik Decision
What document did Abraham Lincoln famously release in 1862?
The Emancipation Proclamation
In which city and state was Martin Luther King assassinated?
Memphis Tennessee
Which Australian played a key role in the early years of the United Nations?
H. V. (Doc.) Evatt
True or false: Indigenous people were counted in Australia's population prior to 1945?
False
What was Mabo's first name?
Eddie
Which city in Alabama was the site of a bus burning, a protest march that turned violent and the murder of 4 African-American children by members of the local KKK?
Birmingham
Malcolm X was assassinated by members of which political group?
Nation of Islam
How many 'articles' are there in the UDHR?
30
Name 3 powers the Chief Protector had over indigenous people.
Grant marriage, permission to leave/travel, employment, property rights, exemptions.
The Mabo and Wik cases were both disputes against which government?
Queensland
What significant 'phrase' was upheld by the Plessy vs Fergusson case in 1896?
'Separate but equal' (segregation).
What were the names of the two sisters in Rabbit Proof Fence?
Molly and Daisy Craig
Name the permanent members of the Security Council
Russia, USA, France, UK, China
Name the 3 government policies towards indigenous people in Australia to around 1970.
Protectionism, Assimilation, Integration
Gough Whitlam poured sand/soil into this person's hand in a symbolic act.
Vincent Lingiari
Whose assassination/shooting sparked the March on Washington?
Medgar Evers
What company owned the bus that was firebombed during the Freedom Rides?
Greyhound